Isaiah 42:22

But the people them selues is robbed and troden vnder the foote, chayned in dungeons, and they all I say, are shut into prison houses: they be caryed away captiue, and no man doth loose them: they be troden vnder foote, and no man doth labour to bryng them agayne.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

In Context

21The Lorde is mercyfull vnto them for his righteousnesse sake, that his word might be magnified and praysed:

23But who is he among you that pondereth this, that considereth it, and taketh it for a warning in tyme to come?

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:7Your lande is wasted, your cities are burnt vp, straungers deuour your lande before your face, and it is made desolate, as it were the destruction of enemies [in the tyme of warre.]

Isaiah 14:17[Is this he] that made the worlde in a maner waste, and layde the cities to the grounde, which let not his prisoners go out?

Isaiah 24:3The lande shalbe cleane wasted and vtterly spoyled: for so the Lorde hath spoken.

Isaiah 24:22And they shalbe gathered together as they that be in pryson, and they shalbe shut vp in warde, and after many dayes shall they be visited.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:19-25

The Blindness of the Jews. ( b. c. 708.) 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord 's servant? 20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. 21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they… Read the whole commentary →

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